Drummer and percussionist Gregg Bendian (Mahavishnu Project/Interzone) has formed a new band with Jon Irabagon on saxophone (2008 Thelonius Monk Award winner), Zach Brock on violin (Stanley Clarke Band/Mahavishnu Project) and Peter Brendler (John Abercrombie Band) on acoustic bass. The group, called COLLECTIVE LANGUAGE, will perform for the first time on September 5th at Poisson Rouge in NYC in a memorial tribute to the great jazz innovator Rashied Ali. The concert will feature music from the classic Coltrane/Ali duets “Interstellar Space” as well as other music from Coltrane’s later period.